Systems Administrators: 'Thanks!'

Think of systems administrators as the life guards of IT, constantly
scanning the network and clients for trouble. Periodically, sysadmins
come to the rescue of blue-screening servers and end users from computer
conniptions, but not often acknowledged by coworkers with a "thanks"
for a job well done.

"System Administrators get no respect 364 days a year," states Ted
Kekatos on his Web site, http://www.sysadminday.com.
So, he's trying to change that again this year, with a reminder to those
who bump into their sysadmins to extend some appreciation on Systems Administrator
Day this Friday, July 26.

This is the third year that Kekatos, who's now a software consultant/sysadmin at heart,
is celebrating what originally began as a small company picnic in Chicago.
(See last year's story, "System
Administrator Appreciation Day" in the News archive.) Meant as
a day to highlight the hard-working efforts of sysadmins worldwide with
their own day, Kekatos suggests on his Web site that coworkers show appreciation
with gifts (excluding any item with a corporate logo), a day off, or a
cake and ice cream party.